An absence in trade from Northern Ireland and Eire due to Bluetongue restrictions meant averages fell at the annual Perth Ram Society sale of shearlings and ram lambs.
It was a reliance on strong commercial buyers that dominated the shearling trade with a clearance of 95%. Matthew Hamilton and son Matthew, Woolfords, West Calder, topped the sale at £8000 for a shearling. A son of last year’s top-priced £20,000 Woolfords, he is out of a £2200 Auchnacloich bred ewe. Mairi Paterson and son Robert were the final bidders for their Craigneich flock, Dunruchan, Crieff.
Another from Woolfords sold for £6000
The same home sold another for £6000 to Stephen Duncan and son Stephen, Achdregnie, Glenlivet.
Sired by a £4000 Woolfords, he is out of a ewe by a £3000 Achdregnie tup.
The pre-sale reserve champion also came out of the Woolfords pen and realised £5000 when selling to David Baillie, Calla, Lanark. Sired by a 5500gns Conway tup, he is out of a 12,000gns Conway daughter.
Reserve champion later realised £5000 again from the Hamiltons, Woolfords
Another shearling by the same sired sold to Neil Kydd, Glenhead, Glenisla, for £2500.
Rounding off the Woolfords top lots at £2800 was a shearling sired by a 14,000gns Sam Adams tup and bred from a £2200 Auchnacloich ewe. He headed to Glendamph, Glenisla with Bert Grant.
The same buyer purchased the shearling reserve champion for £4800 from Phil Stewart, Bomakelloch, Banffshire. This boy is by a £600 Eastmill and out of a £1000 Doldy bred dam.
It proved a good day for Archie McKinnon and family when their top-priced Auchnacloich lot realised £4000. A grandson of a £7000 Avonside and out of a ewe sired by a £13,000 Woolfords, he is off to his new home in Glenkindie with Sandy and Stephen Smith, Scarhill.
After their successful day selling the Hamiltons, Woolfords, went to £3500 for a shearling from Alan Petrie’s Maryton flock, Kirriemuir – an opportunity for them to buy back their own genetics as he is a grandson of a £10,000 Woolfords tup.
Alan Petrie's Maryton shearling made £3500
Two shearlings then made £3000. One was from the Smiths of Scarhill, which was purchased by James Brown, Corriecravie House, Isle of Arran. By a £18,000 Calla sire, he is out of a £1000 Woolfords daughter.
On the same money was a ram from John Shearer and sons, Gavin and Neil, Hillhead of Morinsh, which sold to Cadogan Estates. A son of a £650 Auchnacloich tup, he is bred from a £7000 Achdregnie sired ewe.
Duncan Beaton, Newmill of Inshewan, Memus, sold a son of a 1900gns Stewart Adams for £2500 to Pamela Nicol’s Eastmill flock, Glenisla.
Mairi and Robert Paterson’s Craigneich pen also achieved £2500 when the hammer again fell to the Hamiltons, Woolfords. This was a home-bred son of a 2000gns Brian Curran tup and out of a £5000 Hillhead of Morinsh sired ewe.
Unfortunately, it was poorer trade for the ram lambs, of which only 65% were sold.
David Ballie, Calla topped the ram lambs at £4000
Trade peaked at £4000 for the reserve lamb champion from David Baillie, Calla. Sired by a £4500 Achdregnie tup and out of a 8500gns gimmer bought from Thomas Harkin, he sold to the Hamilton family, Woolfords.
Woolfords also bought the second top priced lamb from Neil Kydd, Glenhead, at £2800. He is by a home-bred sire that goes back to Glendamph bloodline.
Another realising £2800 was Scott Robertson’s sole Avonside lot from Dufftown, Morayshire. Sired by a £7000 Woolfords and out of a 5500gns Conway bred mother, he sold to Elizabeth Johnston, Little Kilmundie, Glamis.
The pre-sale champion came from Hillhead of Morinsh, which made £2500 when selling in a two-way split to Stephen Duncan, Achdregnie and Scott Robertson, Dufftown. He is by their shearling that sold for £3000 and out of a £3500 Woolfords gimmer.
averages:
152 shearling rams, £1064 (-£179 for four fewer sold). 37 ram lambs, £716 (-£496 for one less sold).
Auctioneers: United Auctions.
Flock averages
Flock (No) Top (£) Average(£)
Shearling rams
Avonside (3) 1200 933.33
Tornacloch (5) 600 430.00
Scarhill (16) 3000 671.88
Chamberwells (9) 800 527.78
Newmill (6) 2500 1000.00
Newton of
Craithie (10) 700 490.00
Tombreakachie (6) 900 641.67
Markethill (6) 1100 700.00
Auchnacloich (13) 4000 1115.39
Glendamph (12) 2000 854.17
Calla (9) 1600 800.00
Woolfords (12) 8000 2587.50
Hillhead of
Morinsh (7) 3000 1557.14
Achdregnie (21) 2400 995.24
Maryton (5) 3500 1260.00
Craigneich (12) 2500 1100.00
Ram lambs
Newmill (5) 500 400.00
Eastmill (5) 250 210.00
Calla (5) 4000 1100.00
Hillhead of
Morinsh (4) 2500 1250.00
Glenhead (5) 2800 870.00
Chamberwells (3) 500 416.67
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